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Shades
Poems trace one man’s encounters with faith, queerness, family, politics, and heartbreak through the upheaval of 2021.
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I am open; these words are my sutures.
Shades is an attempt to reconcile who I am as a man with a society that seems to be fluctuating and struggling at every turn. I show my encounters with family, religion, queerness, heartbreak, COVID-19, and politics.
This is a look at my life in 2021 shown through poetry.
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Shades
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- Khai Lannor
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- 1 hour 12 minutes
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My wounds bleed,
Gashes gush red,
“Life will out.”
I face a void
Endless, black, blank,
Screaming: my throat open.
Pain,
Psychic, emotional, mental,
Leaking from every crack in my skin, my mind.
With the sharp bark of a tree,
I sew sinew together,
No anesthetic.
New pain sears as I weave:
Tree fibers moving in and out,
Creating new, healing wounds where they stitch.
I am open,
I feel open.
My heart is split open.
I, my broken pieces all, need closure.
My wounds need closure.
I am open but seek closure.
These words are my sutures.
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